Apple Pie

Ingredients

• 1 recipe pastry double crust pie

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 Tablespoons water
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 6 Granny Smith apples - peeled, cored, and sliced (16 wedges per apple)
• Milk
• Cinnamon sugar, optional

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg to form a paste. Add water, vanilla extract, white sugar and brown sugar, and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and immediately stir in the apples, coating completely.
2. Place the bottom crust in your pan. Fill with coated apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work (or if preferred, a whole top) crust. If using a whole top crust, cut slips to allow steam to escape. Brush the top of the pie with milk, and sprinkle cinnamon sugar if desired.
3. Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Continue baking for 40 to 50 minutes, or until apples are soft.